Write please! "أكتب من فضلك"

So far we have studied two forms of verbs in Arabic, the present and past forms. In this lesson we are going to study the last form, the imperative form. Fortunately, we have few pronouns this time (only second person pronouns). The pattern most verbs follow in the imperative tense is demonstrated in the following example (notice the letters written in red):

eshrab
eshrab (Drink!)

anta :eshrab!

eshrab!
(drink!(m.))

ante :eshrab--ee

eshrabee!
(drink!(f.))

antom :eshrab--oo

eshraboo!
(drink!(pl.))

As usual, there are verbs differing a little from that pattern, but we will focus now
on the regular verbs. These irregular verbs will be studied later.
The following verbs follow the same pattern shown above:

kol

kol

Eat!

ef3al

efaal

Do!

eDHhab

eDHhab

Go!

qef

qef

Stand up! / Stop!

egles

egles

Sit down!

takallam

takallam

Speak!

uskot

oskot

Stop talking! / Silence!

edres

edres

Study!

That is it with imperative form. At this point, you know almost everything about the three forms of verbs in Arabic. It is advisable to memorize each verb in the three forms, this will save you a lot of time later.

With this lesson, we are done with studying verbs on the basic level. It is worth mentioning here that verbs are of extreme importance in Arabic. Every Arabic word is derived from some verb in the past form (known as word's root). Therefore, the more verbs you learn, the more you are able to comprehend Arabic. Take your time learning new verbs and their conjugation in different forms using our
online exercises
or any other source you prefer. When you feel confident about your knowledge of verbs, you can go on with the next sections.

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